9 episodes after its debut, Agatha Along delivered a double-header Halloween that cemented it as one of the best Marvel TV shows ever made. As with the opening episode 2, Marvel Television created and responded to the special event by releasing both 8, “Follow Me My Friend/Finally To Fame” and 9, “Mother, Daughter, Crone” together. so many questions.
after Agatha All Along 7 series's ending killed off Lilia Caldera and the Salem Seven, and finally revealed Aubrey Plaza's Rio Vidal to be Death, the penultimate episode picks up pace with the fallout. Showrunner Jac Schaeffer promised that something huge would be revealed about Kathryn Hahn's Agatha, and of course, there was the question of Billy Maximoff's plans and the impending shadow for Scarlet Witch at the end of Witch Road.
Agatha Along followed the same mystery box structure as WandaVisionA wildly creative story weaves around Hahn's irresistibly charming anti-hero. The finale isn't as good as the season-high episode 7, but it might be the greatest single episode Marvel TV has ever produced, so it's always been top-notch. And thankfully, the last two episodes aren't really that far from reaching the same heights.
How Agatha All Final Episodes Tie Up Loose Ends
It's a shame that the double-episode drop means that episode 8 will be a little overlooked, or at least robbed of a week's worth of autopsy time, which was a lot of fun. “Follow Me…” ends with a huge cliffhanger that has been theorized by many Marvel fans for weeks, and the final shot was indeed worthy of a full seven days worth of Reddit threads, social media clips, and such videos. It's filling in the creative gaps that make Agatha such a rewarding experience.
That said, since the finale itself is set back in time, the episodes work well together. That's partly because the pace of Mother, Daughter, Crone could have felt like too much of a drag compared to its more action-packed predecessor. But the less-than-stellar episode isn't a huge drop in quality, as it goes back to the heart of the show. In 2021 without spoiling too much WandaVision caught one of the most devastating endings of all MCU stories and Agatha All Along's last episode follows.

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Most importantly, Agatha's story was completely reinvented, which was something I was a bit concerned about. Spin-offs that focus on depravity have a knack for humanizing great forces of evil at the expense of their original effects, but in the larger context of the Scarlet Witch Saga, it really works. Agathathe grace of The show draws an ingenious parallel between Agatha and Wanda that re-contextualizes both in a larger story that feels seamlessly constructed from the beginning. WandaVision.
In Agatha, Everything is Won to the End
As with all the best mystery box stories, Agatha Along's great success lies in its deception, but there is an important balance here that works incredibly well in its favor. Step back a bit, and every conversation revolved around how and when Scarlet Witch would return: How her teenage personality would feed into her; How the Witches Road would build it; what would happen next… And after all, it was just a hoax.
All of these story details remain important and in some cases delightfully unresolved, but the finale reveals a lengthy conflict that brings everything back into focus. It was just Agatha. Schaeffer played with the audience from the moment these silly temporary names were revealed, and 9 episodes later and the twists are only resolved in deeply rewarding ways.
This is the most satisfying thing here Agatha Along there's no wider service that distracts from someone else's story, or a misdirected agenda just to make this Wanda's resurrection song. If this were the case, all the complicated stories would amount to little in the face of the prestige of the trick. You really have to give it to Schaeffer: he did the least Marvel thing possible Agatha Along's ended and made this delicious, surprising show even better.
Agatha All Last Three Cast Members Are Excellent
Coven May Be Small, But Focusing On A Smaller Group Works Well
Agatha Along’s cast was almost as great: even the Salem Seven—who, let’s be honest, were praised for their set pieces—brought a beautiful Cirque du Soleil quirk of physicality. But with most of Agatha's hastily assembled coven destroyed, the final two episodes focus more on the best cast members: Hahn, of course, Joe Locke's Billy, and Aubrey Plaza's Rio Vidal/Death.
After episode 7 reveals Vidal's poorly kept secret identity, Plaza really goes full ham as Death. Her Death is a chaotic, more cartoony and kitschy film where Rio is stripped of her reins. The picture of him jumping over Agatha's roof and screaming will live in the memory for a long time. Locke continues to be great, avoiding the whiff of the Scrappy Doo problem that so many young new characters are accidentally saddled with in the sequels and prequels. He gets his big Wiccan moment, and it's totally worth the wait.
Hahn's performance, especially in the finale, is more nuanced and heartwarming than the rest of her time as Agatha, as we learn more about what made her who she is. It's also been pretty pantomime up to this point – with great payoff, obviously – but the flashback sequence is really sad and managed to do what I thought was impossible: the only thing I didn't like about this show I actually enjoyed – the insistence on focusing on the ballad of Witches' Road. He deserves an Emmy for that alone.
So what's next after the end of Witches' Road?
How Agatha Copes with the Future
Since this is a Marvel Cinematic Universe story, there's always a big question at the end: the question of legacy. In other words, what's next? while Agatha Along refrains from talking openly about some of its possibilities, ends on the very firm note that this is only part of an ongoing story that will be resolved elsewhere, and refreshingly, doesn't feel like a letdown.
At the beginning of the year, Dragon house Season 2 received a lot of criticism (at least in the most cynical readings) when it was perceived to be little more than an extended trailer for season 3. Agatha Along does something similar, not actually introducing one of the more heavily telegraphed story details, but still doing it in a way that allows these nine episodes to stand as Agatha's story. For a while there, it looked like we were headed for a reality where the show should make Billy Maximoff the centerpiece, but again, the deception pulls the whole thing back off the cliff.

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When the dust settles, there will definitely be some things I wish I had more of. I'm already looking forward to more of the Salem Seven, it's kind of revealed and then quickly dismissed, and not every question is answered with the same eye for detail. For example, I'm not sure I learned anything about Agatha's motivation after her son's death or what led to her taking the Darkhold, but at least we know there's more to it. Agatha Alongand you wouldn't bet against Jac Schaeffer having something up his sleeve to take care of any loose ends…
All 9 episodes Agatha Along now available to stream on Disney+.

Agatha Harkness tries to regain her magical powers after the events of “WandaVision”. Joining forces with unlikely allies, including the son of an old enemy, he battles new mystical threats as he uncovers hidden secrets in a magical world.
- Kathryn Hahn's performance has more depth.
- The writing cleverly ties Agatha into the larger saga of the Scarlet Witch.
- As with WandaVision, Jac Schaeffer knows exactly how to bring out the emotions.
- Everything in this story is perfectly constructed and paid off.
- Episode 8 deserved more space to enjoy and analyze.